Posted on 06/02/2007 10:48:26 AM PDT by JohnLocke23
Conservatives are sometimes blind to what's in their own best interest. This is especially true on immigration, all the more so on the narrower matter of the bipartisan immigration reform bill now before the Senate. The bill gives conservatives a large chunk of what they've wanted for years, plus some things they don't want. The balance is heavily in their favor, though, and they're crazy to oppose this once-in-a-lifetime chance to stop illegal immigration and enact sensible policies for legal immigration.
At the top of the list of what conservatives can get is significantly beefed-up security along America's southern border. And that's just what's in the initial bill negotiated by Republican senator Jon Kyl and Democratic senator Ted Kennedy. Without blowing up the Kyl-Kennedy compromise, border enforcement can be further strengthened through amendments. Indeed, it was strengthened, in the first week of debate in May, with an amendment by Republican senator Judd Gregg that requires "demonstrated" operational control of the entire border with Mexico.
Then there's the "trigger," a brainstorm of Republican senator Johnny Isakson. It delays further reform--including issuance of Z visas allowing the estimated 12 million illegals in the United States to stay indefinitely--until all the steps to tighten border security have been taken.
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Barnes is a moron.
And think of all the localities that have tried to correct the problem with legislation. This amnesty will make all that moot as well because NO one will be 'illegal'.
Sad day, my friend.
This bill does neither of these things and Fred Barnes knows it.
No bill is better than this monstrosity.
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The 1986 amnesty also made promises that were never kept. The whole issue is about trust, and we have no reason to trust the government on immigration. W’s insults of his opponents isn’t helping either.
Yeah right!
For anyone who knows how the "process" works..., there is a huge gulf between "authorizing"........"funding"......., and ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION!
Business as usual..., BAIT & SWITCH!!!
Fred Barnes is a flaming liberal, and his opinions mean NOTHING!
We need to put a stop this immigration bill immediately and in 2008 when President Obama/Hil take over I am sure they will push through a much better immigration bill./sarc
LOL! I hope he heard ya!
If they can’t manage to enforce the laws with 12 million illegals running around, how do they propose to enforce the laws with 50 or 60 million running around?
Obviously they don’t intend to. They aren’t even trying now, and they certainly won’t try then.
Barnes isn’t making much sense... perhaps time for him to retire to the country club.
I disagree with Barnes, but we really need to give him credit for discussing the actual features of this bill instead of simply calling opponents of the bill names and leaving it at that.
Nonsense.
Conservatives want results. Not another round of empty promises in a long string of empty promises heaped upon institutionalized dereliction of duty.
A-but Jonnie— methinks you confuse conservatives with
liberals, it is mostly the liberal dems that whines about
everything exept more hand-outs
ROFLMAO thanks for the great humor, it is right on the money. I'm still laughing (instead of crying)
The simple fact is you old Conservative are not at all interested in getting things done on any issue, you merely want to sit here on the side lines and mindlessly scream about everything. That why the ONLY solutions you people put up are mere slogans.
You all scream things like "Enforce the laws" (Which hasn't worked to date) "Deport them" (How?) "Punish business that hire illegals" (again how?) etc while making utterly NO effort to actually explain how any of that would actually be done.
Face it, the Antis aren't really interested in any solutions on this topic, they just enjoy the excuse to rant and rave in the most hyper hysteric bile filled terms at a President they have always hated. EVEN if they got exactly what they wanted on this topic , they would be right back here tomorrow screaming about something else.
Frankly after 7 years, Most Conservatives are sick of this constant whining.
Actually, didn’t the Senate cut the length of the border fence in half from last years law - that is the “significantly beefed-up security”???
OF THIS:
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